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- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 13:38:43 CST
- Sender: Forum for the Discussion of Politics <POLITICS@UCF1VM.BITNET>
- From: fred <CCHILDER@UNMCVM.BITNET>
- Subject: freedom of speech
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- A favorite tactic of anti-choice groups is to blockade entrances to
- clinics and verbally harrass people attempting to enter said facility.
- I wonder what the reaction would be if pro-choice groups were to take
- a similar approach and blockade entrances to houses of worship or
- businesses owned by anti-choice groups and tell people entering said
- places that they are contributing to child abuse and are in favor
- of abusing children since it is a well documented fact that some children
- have been abused by clergymen and businessmen such as John Wayne Gacey.
-
- There has been a lot of print and air space about shock jocks such as
- Howard Stern lately. Haven't the people who are offended heard of on/off
- switches? Nobody is forcing anyone to listen to this stuff. Personally,
- I find "send me money and I'll reserve you a spot in heaven" to be
- highly offensive material but I won't lobby to have it removed from
- the air waves. The owner of a local bookstore donated a copy of
- modanna's book to the local library. He said he wouldn't buy it himself
- but didn't see any reason to prevent someone who wants to see it from
- having the opportunity. Seems logical to me.
-